Monday, February 25, 2013

Israel’s Strike On Syria Last Month Killed Top Iranian Revolutionary Guard Commander



‘Israel’s Strike On Syria Last Month Killed Top Iranian General’ -- Times Of Israel

Hassan Shateri, whose death was announced last week, actually died in January bombing of Hezbollah-bound weapons convoy, says UK report

Hassan Shateri, the Iranian general whose killing was reported last week, was actually slain last month in an alleged IAF airstrike that was said to have targeted a weapons convoy heading from Syria to the Lebanese group Hezbollah, Britain’s Sunday Times reported.

Iran was quick last week to blame “mercenaries and supporters” of Israel for Shateri’s death, although it made no indication that he had been killed in the January airstrike. Tehran “will take revenge on Israel for the killing of a Quds Force general in Syria,” said Ali Shirazi, liaison for Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to the Revolutionary Guards’ elite Quds Force.

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My Comment
: I suspect that there is more to this story than what they are telling us. This top Iranian Revolutionary Guard commander was in the region for a long time .... why the decision to kill him now?

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